¶ Subversion
Super Metroid: Subversion is a romhack released 31 August 2022. Features multiple areas, music, and new gameplay mechanics that make this an adventure. Visit TN578 and destroy the Pirate Labs!
Made by Amoeba of Doom and Test Runner over 7 years (which includes the development of SMILE).
¶ Tricks
Spoilers ahead.
Tricks
¶ Moonwalk gate glitch
Unlike vanilla, the default beam can glitch blue gates from left or right. Use moonwalk and shoot back and forth. You should hit the gate, which allows early access in spore fields to get wave beam.
This also allows early access to Charge Beam.
Speedrun segments
- Station
- Surface, bombs + speedball
- Wave Beam
- High jump, Aqua Suit
- Dark visor
- Super Missiles
- Varia
- Power Bombs (Moonfall)
- Grapple, Power off, Metroid Suit
- Crash
- Ending
Secret
¶ Second quest
- You need at least 8/9 Energy Tanks and 100 ammo to Crystal Flash to get Speed Booster
- Metroid Suit requires Super Missiles, which are found in Cargo Hold which requires Grapple, then loop back to GFS Thoth to start crash